Maxwell’s Golf Retreat

Nine holes built around water, bunkers, and clever green positioning — more than just a pitch and putt.

In the year 2000 Kaye Maxwell started work on Maxwell’s retreat and it’s excellent 9 hole golf course. Now a fully affiliated golf club in a magical setting it offers much more than a pitch and putt.

Only 1 par 4 on the 9 holes, but water, bunkers and clever green positioning makes this a little course a serious proposition.

Water encroaches on much of the well-designed course, after a splash or two you can enjoy the exceptional hospitality in the clubhouse.

The Course

A green beside a still pond with willow trees and flax framing the shot — One of Maxwell’s water-guarded greens, framed by willows and flax

A fairway bunker cut into rough alongside a tree-lined hole — A well-placed bunker waiting to catch a loose approach

A tree-lined fairway with hills rising behind under a blue sky — Looking down a tree-lined fairway toward the hills beyond

A fairway framed by a tree in autumn colour under a blue sky — A splash of autumn colour along the fairway

The view across the course from the clubhouse deck, with a footbridge over a water hazard — The view from the clubhouse deck, footbridge and water hazard below

A wide fairway running past a pond and footbridge toward the clubhouse — A wide fairway running back toward the clubhouse

A green guarded by a bunker, with flowering red plants in the foreground — A well-bunkered green, flowering colour in the foreground

Local Character

Maxwell’s nine holes share a boundary with working farmland, and the course doesn’t take itself too seriously about the occasional stray shot.

A weathered Hole 10 marker reading Par 3, 98 metres, with a hand-written notice warning players they are responsible for any damage from stray shots — Hole 10 · Par 3, 98m — with a cheerfully blunt notice: choose your club wisely, you’re responsible for any damage

Sheep grazing in a paddock bordering the golf course — Sheep grazing right up against the boundary — proper countryside golf

Club History

In the year 2000 Kaye Maxwell started work on the course that carries her name — the clubhouse’s own wall of photographs still honours her.

A carved wooden sign reading Maxwell's, set among rocks and native plantings at the course entrance — The course’s own entrance sign

The modern clubhouse building with its covered entrance — The clubhouse

Inside the clubhouse, a dining area with tables and orange chairs — Inside the clubhouse

A framed wall display of photographs honouring Kaye Maxwell, who started the course in 2000 — A wall of photographs honouring Kaye Maxwell, who started the retreat in 2000

Ken’s Visit

Maxwell’s Golf Retreat – A labour of love

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

205B Ingram Road, Bombay 2579

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